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Harsh Russian Winter

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1855

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How many lost at charge of the light brigade?

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409

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Roger Fenton’s image of ‘the valley of the shadow of death’

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1855

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Aberdeen government fell

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Feb 1855

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5
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Horses surviving on handful of Barley a day by..

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12th November

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How many ships forced to ride out the storm?

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22

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7
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Which ships sank in the storm?

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Resolute-ammunition

Steamship Prince-nearly all supplies ordered by war office in August

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Army medical department and Ordnance Medical Department almagameted into one department under…………..in………..

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Dr Andrew Smith

Feb 1853

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9
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How many medical assistants per 100 men?

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4

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10
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4 hospital ships in operation by…..

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early 1855

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How many did Scutari hospital accommodate?

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6,000

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When did the Castle hospital open and how many beds?

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April 1855

2,500

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13
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Main form of treatment?

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Amputation of shattered limbs.

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14
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Likelihood of death from amputation?

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25% from shock or infection

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15
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Biggest problem for medical services?

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Provision of clean water and sanitation

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16
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How many dies from wounds or disease?

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16,297- more than those who dies in combat

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17
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What proportion of British army died from disease in winter 1854-54?

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More than a third- most deaths occured in hospitals

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18
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How many nurses was Nightingale accompanied to the crimea with?

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38

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19
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Nightingale Fund

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1860

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20
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When did Florence Nightingale arrive in Scutari?

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Nov 1854

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21
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How much money raised in Nightingale Fund?

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More than several million pounds by today’s standards?

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22
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When did Nightingale publish ‘Notes on Nursing’?

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1860

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23
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Two major problems with army?

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Mismanagement of supplies

Sharp division between officers and men

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Cardwell Army Reforms

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1870-71

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25
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The length of overseas service cut from 12 years to…?

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6

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26
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How much per day were reserves paid?

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4 pence

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27
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How many men in reserves?

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35,000 whereas Prussia could put a million into the field.

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Competitive examination as normal method of entry into the civil service instead of traditional methods of patronage.

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1870 under Robert Lowe, Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Who pressed for a bravery award that could be won by officers and men alike?

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William Howard Russell

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30
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When did British army destroy Zulu power at the battle of Ulundi?

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4th July 1879

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31
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How many British troops did Boers defeat at Majuba hill in feb 1881?

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400

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32
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By 1898 what percentage of worl’d gold was being produced by the Transvaal?

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27%

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33
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When was Tom Edgar (boiler maker from Bootle) murdered by Tranvaal Republic policemen?

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Late 1898

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How many British troops were stationed in India in 1899?

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Between 60,000 and 70,000

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35
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How many British troops scattered in small imperial garrisons around the globe in 1899?

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60,000

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36
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How many poorly trained volunteers who could not be legally sent abroad were there in 1899?

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230,000

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37
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How many Yeomanry volunteers?

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10,000

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38
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How much were regular soldiers paid a day?

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1s

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39
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How many sergeants were asked to leave the Haymarket Theatre.?

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3

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40
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How much meat were soldiers allowed?

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3 quarters of a pound a day

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41
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What were the 3 Boer offensive that began the Boer war?

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Mafeking
Kimberley
Ladysmith

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42
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How many British troops cut off at Ladysmith?

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10,000

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43
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Black Week?

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3 major defeats at Stormberg, Kimberly and Colenso

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44
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What did Black Week result in?

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Kitchener and Field Marshall Lord Roberts sent to southern Africa

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45
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Who transformed the press world?

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Alfred Harmsworth

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46
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When was the Daily Mail founded?

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1896

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47
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Daily Mail had achieved unheard of sales figures by when?

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End of 1899

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48
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What was the special train called that carried Daily Mail outside usual range of London dailies?

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The South African Train

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49
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When was support for the war greatest?

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1899-1900

50
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There was a growing sentiment against the war by when?

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Early 1901

51
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Who said it was a capitalist war for the profits of mine owners?

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Kier Hardies

52
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What happened in the Khaki election?

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Conservatives won 51% of the vote and 402 MPs compared to 184 Liberals, 82 Irish Nationalists and 2 for labour.

53
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When was Committee of Imperial Defence announced?

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March 1903

54
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When did Lord Salisbury establish a Royal Commision under Lord Elgin?

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1902

55
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The Esher Report

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Recommended Army council on model of Board of Admiralty
General Staff
Division of departmental responsibilities inside War Office on defined and logical principles

56
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What changes were there affecting the life of ordinary soldiers?

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Khaki standard peactime dress instead of Victorian scarlet

New weapons introduced- shortened Lee Enfield Rifle and quick firing field guns

57
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When were old drill books replaced?

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1904-1905

58
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When was ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ composed?

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1902

59
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When was the union jack refounded?

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1903

60
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What was Tariff Reform?

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imposition of duties on imported goods from outside the Empire

61
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Who said imperialism was a by-product of capitalism and would inevitably produce conflit?

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J.A Hobson

Only brought benefit to the few and damaged the interests of the majority

62
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In Manchester, how many men rejected as physically unfit?

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3 out of 5

63
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What social reforms happened under the Liberal Government as a result of the war?

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School Meals Act 1906
Provision of medical inspection of children 1907
National Insurance act 1911

64
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When did Campbell-Bannerman introduce self government for 2 conquered states?

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December 1906

65
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South African Bill?

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1909

66
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When was legal fig-leaf treaty guaranteeing Belgium’s neutrality?

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1939

67
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When did Haig introduce tanks?

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15th September

68
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How many miles of territory gained at Battle of Arras?

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4

69
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How many mines exploded beneath german defences at Arras?

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19

70
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How far did British advance at Passchendaele?

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7 miles

71
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How many tanks used at Battle of Cambrai?

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400

72
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How far did British advance at Cambrai?

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5 miles

73
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When was the old battlefield of Ypres captured?

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September

74
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Lee Enfield Rifle?

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Fire 15 rounds in one minute

Penetrate helmet at 400 yards

75
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1915 each battalian equipped with 4 Vickers machine guns and how many by 1918?

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64

76
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How much did a stokers mortar cost?

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£20

77
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Every man was getting home leave after 6 months by when?

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1918

78
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What was aim of daily calorie intake for soldiers?

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4193-less than french.

79
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Lack of food in French army caused mutinies when?

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1917

80
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When was daily measure of rum introduced?

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October 1914

81
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Most units spent no more than how many days in the trenches?

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8 days and no more than 2 days in firing line.

82
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How many soldiers executed?

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346

83
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When was first recruiting drive?

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7th August, Kitchener called for 100,000 volunteers to form his ‘New Armies’

84
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First 100,000 enlisted by when?

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25th August

85
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By 25th September how many men had enlisted?

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Half a million

86
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How much were recruiters paid for each man enlisted?

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2s 6d

87
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National Registration Act

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15th July 1915

88
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Derby Scheme

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11th october

89
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What percentage of single men and married men not in ‘starred occupations’ failed to come forward?

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38% single

54% married

90
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Military Service Act

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January 1916

91
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When was military service act extended to include married men?

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May 1916

92
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What would happen to a conscientious objector if tribunal refused?

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Sent to France to fight.

If refused to obey order, court martialled or sentenced to death

93
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Army Order X

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court martialled conscientious objectors had to be handed back to civilian authorities to be imprisoned

94
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When was Pelham Committee founded?

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June 1916

95
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What happened to absolutists?

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Imprisoned

96
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By 1914 only 700 nurses employed in War Office, how many by 1918?

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23,000

97
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When was Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps founded?

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Jan 1917

98
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By end of war, how many women had served in WAAC?

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over 57,000

99
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How many women worked in Women’s Royal Naval Service?

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Over 6,000

100
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When did David Lloyd George set up Department of Information?

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1917

101
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When was ministry of information founded?

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early 1918

102
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Prevailing approach until May 1915 to correspondent was…?

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Muzzle press

103
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When were 4 leading correspondent invited to GHQ?

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spring 1915

104
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Colonel Repington (friend of commander-in-chief sir john french) published what famous articles and when?

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Shell shortages in May 1915- power of press

105
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What did Horatio Bottomley do?

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Regularly warned public against the ‘enemy within’ and called for vendetta against every german in Britain

106
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By 1918 how many war related films made?

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700

107
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When was munition of war act passed?

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May 1915

108
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How many women employed in railway industry?

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over 65,000

109
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What was the rise in cost of living?

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27%

110
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How many strikes in 1913 and 1916?

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1,459

532

111
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By when had almost all merchant ships been requisitioned by the Ministry of shipping?

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1918

112
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Bread very expensive?

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twice the price in 1917 than it was in 1913

113
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Board of Agriculture. 1917 how much pasture ploughed up for food crops?

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2.1 million acres

114
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When was Women’s Land Army founded?

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January 1917

115
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How many WLA members helped to bring in harvest in 1918?

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only 16,000

116
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How much per day did it cost the government to keep the war going?

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£3.85m

117
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How many British servicemen killed?

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Nearly 750,000

118
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Average working week reduced from what to what?

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55 hours to 48 hours

119
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Women over 30 given the vote in…?

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1918

120
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Representation of the People Act

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1918

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